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The Rangers have yet to begin interviewing candidates to replace the recently-dismissed John Tortorella, but the team's iconic former captain is emerging as a strong candidate as Mark Messier is expected to compete for the job, according to a source.

Pens superstar Sidney Crosby's game keeps evolving as his maturation as a player continues, Scott Burnside writes.

Rangers need real leadership. Nobody does that better than Mark Messier.

If Wayne Gretzky were coaching Jonathan Toews, he knows what he would tell the Chicago Blackhawks captain to help him snap out of his playoff slump, which has seen him score just three assists in eight games. "In my career I went through a couple ...

TORONTO -- The Toronto Maple Leafs are playing with house money. There's no harder team to finish off than a club that wasn't picked by anyone to win a series. It has nothing to lose. In failing to finish the Leafs off in Game 5 on Friday nigh...

After seeing the Los Angeles Lakers' winning streak come to an end at 33 games in 1972, forward Jim McMillian said NBA fans had seen something special. "We just finished a streak that I don't believe any other team is going to break," he told the ...

Welcome to a weekly blog post of thoughts and observations from the past few days and/or decades of NHL hockey. The Three Stars of Comedy Recognizing the three moments or personalities from around the league that produced the most comedic fodder fo...

Wayne Gretzky said Wednesday he could envision having a debate with Michael Jordan: Who has the better streak: Blackhawks or Heat? Read the entire story....

Wayne Gretzky believes the Blackhawks-Heat debate is good for the NHL.

Stam's the Man: Thursday is Steven Stamkos's 23rd birthday and he already has 186 career goals. From Elias: Only three players in NHL history scored more goals before turning 23: Wayne Gretzky (329), Dale Hawerchuk (220) and Mario Lemieux (215)....

TORONTO -- The on-again, off-again Wayne Gretzky-to-Toronto rumors have resurfaced. It happened last year, and it's happening again. My colleagues on the Fan590 radio station in Toronto got the buzz rolling Tuesday by suggesting that the idea o...

Nine-year-old youth football sensation Samantha "Sweet Feet" Gordon took the Internet by storm last month with her highlight video that went viral. She eventually landed on the Wheaties box, ran past Warren Sapp on NFL Network and was a guest of the ...

What a wonderful chat we had Thursday. The celebrity roster may have been the most impressive ever: Wayne Gretzky, Oscar Wilde, Dom DeLuise, Marissa Tomei, George W. Bush and The Most Interesting Man in the World were among those who stopped by. ...

Has an athlete's star wattage ever eclipsed that of the league in the way David Beckham has Major League Soccer? Michael Jordan and the NBA, or Wayne Gretzky and the NHL, perhaps. Yet where those men transcended pro sports with their play, the 37-ye...

Oct. 14, 1979: On this day 33 years ago, an 18-year-old Wayne Gretzky scored against the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL season's third game. It wasn't The Great One's first pro goal -- he spent the previous year in the WHA -- but it was his first in...

TORONTO -- Will The Great One ever come back into the NHL fold? More than three years have passed since Wayne Gretzky cut ties with the Phoenix Coyotes, and while I can guess of a few teams that would surely make room for him in their executive op...